China's First Aircraft Carrier, CNS Liaoning, is Delivered to the Chinese Navy after Finishing Its Trial Voyage on Sept 25, 2012

China's first aircraft carrier, CNS Liaoning, is delivered to the Chinese Navy after finishing its trial voyage on Sept 25, 2012. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

China's first aircraft carrier, CNS Liaoning, is delivered to the Chinese Navy after finishing its trial voyage on Sept 25, 2012

China's first aircraft carrier, CNS Liaoning, was delivered to the Chinese Navy from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, after its trial voyage on Sept 25, 2012.

It was named "CNS Liaoning (Hull 16) of the People's Liberation Army Navy", approved by the country's central Military Commission.

The carrier began to shoulder missions including scientific research and military training immediately after it started service.

Its commission helped modernize the Chinese Navy and promoted national strength and the technological  level and capacity in the country's national defense industry.

In addition, it also had a profound significance in inspiring national spirit and patriotism in the people of all ethnic groups and strengthened the Party's securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the success of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, starts service on Sept 25, 2016

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, started service on Sept 25, 2016.

Many Chinese central SOEs including China Electronic Technology Group Corporation and China State Construction Engineering Corporation contributed to the design and construction of the project.

A major scientific program in China, FAST has a collecting area equals to 30 standard football fields and an antenna diameter of 500 meters.

Its sensitivity is 2.5 times better than that of the United States' 305-meter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico which ranked first among the top ten projects in the 20th century and 10 times better than that of the steerable 100-meter telescope near Bonn, Germany.

(Executive editor: Zhang Tianyuan)